Fish lure



Aug. 7, 1945. M. J. HABERKORN FISH LURE Filed Aug. 6, 194s in latched position until the fish' strikes.

Patented Aug. 7, 1945 a UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ltiatthew J. 2:23:2 Park, Ill. plication August 6, jjlgZNfl- 49 8 Claims.

My invention relates to fish lures.

One of the objects of my invention is to provide a fish lure in which the hook means are normally housed between two hinged sections of the body and which are automatically ejected into. operative position when the fish strikes at in Fig. 1;

Fig.3 is a plan view, with the upper'hali shell broken away to expose the hooks;

Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4-4 of Fig. l; and

Fig. 5 is a section onthe line 5-5 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the con- 'struction shown comprises a fish lure having a bodylportion, including two half shells l and 2, hinged together at. their front ends at 3, a pair of hooks 4 having curved shanks slidably mountmoved from the position shown in Fig. 3 to the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2, in which it engages the bends in the hooks, and the two half shells are alowed to spread apart to causethe upper half shell i to engage the hook ii on'the retainer latch to hold the latch in hook-retaining position. The curved guide sleeves 5 co-operating with the curvedshanks of the hooks 4 prevent any twisting of the shanks in the guides.

The lure may, if. desired, be provided with a suitj able inclined plate I! to give the desired motion and action to the lure as it is drawn through the water.

Further modifications will be apparent to those 1 skilled in the art and it is desired, therefore,

that the invention be limited only by the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A fish lure comprising a body portion including two half shells pivoted together adjataining latch means released by the relative ed incurved guide tubes or sleeves 5 securedto tainer latch s hinged to the lower'hali shell 2 at l for enga and retaining the hooks .4 in

housed position, a pair of coil tension springs 8\ secured to the hooks at Seand to the guide sleeves 5 at' 9 for urging the hooks 4 to the extended dotted-line position shown in Fig. 3, and a cofl compression springlll urging the two hall. shellsto spread apart to hold the retainer latch For holding the latch retainer in latched position, a

hook II is provided at the upper end of the hinged latch 6 whichengages a depression in the upper half shell.

In use, when a fish strikes at the bait and closes its jaws on it, it will tend to move the two half shells l and 2 toward each other, thus rethe dotted-line position shown'inFig. '3, thus inmovement of said half shells, said means holding zontal plane and biased toward ejection from between said half shells'by movement in a substantially horizontal plane, and retaining latch means released by the relative movement of said half shells, said means holding the hooks in housed position when latched and enabling the hooks to be ejected when unlatched.

- on oneof said half shells and lying between said surlng that the fish will be hooked. To reset the lure, the hooks arepushedbackto the full-line "position'shown in Fig. 3, the hinged retainer is half shells substantially'in a horizontal plane and biased toward ejection from between said half shells by movement in a substantially horizontal plane, and retaining latch means released by the relative movement of said half shells, said means holding the hooks in housed position when latched and enabling the hooks to be ejected, when unlatched, said hooks lying in a general plane between said half shells.

4. A :flsh lure comprising a body portion including two half shells pivoted together adjacent their front ends, and hook means comprising a hook slidably mounted on one of said halt shells and biased toward ejection from between said half shells, retaining latch means released by the relativamovement of said halt shells, said means holding the hook in housed position when latched and enabling the hook to be ejected when unlatched, and a curved guide mounted on one of said half shells, said hook havinga curved shank slidable in said curved guide.

5. A fish lure comprising a. body portion including two half shells pivoted together adjacent their front ends, and a pair of hooks slidably mounted on one of said half shells, and biased 1 toward ejection from between said halt shells, retaining latch means released by the relative movement of said half shells, said means holding the hooks in housed position when latched and enabling the hooks to be ejected when unlatched, and two curved guides mounted on one of said half shells, said hooks having curved shanks slidable in said curved guides, respectively;

6. A fish lure comprising a body portion including two half shells pivoted together adjacent their front ends, and hook means comprising a hook slidablymounted on one of said half shells and biased toward ejection from between said half shells, and hinged retaining latch means released by the relative movement or said half shells, said means holding the hook in housed position when latched and enabling the hook to be ejected when unlatched.

'l. A fish lure comprising a body portion including two half shells pivoted together adjacent their front ends, and hook means comprising an elongated. hook slidably mounted on one of said halt shells for longitudinal movement longitudinally of said halt shells and biased toward ejection rearwardly from between said half shells, and retaining latch means released by the relative movement of said half shells, said means holding the hook in housed position when latched and enabling the hook to be. ejected when un-- latched.

8. A fish lure comprising a body portion including two half shells pivoted together adjacent their front ends, and hook means comprising an elongated hook slidably mounted on one of said h'alf'shells for longitudinal movement longitudinally of said half shells and biased toward ejection rearwardy from between said half 

